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100 1 |a Oliver, José R. 
245 1 0 |a Caciques and Cemí idols :  |b the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico /  |c Jose R. Oliver. 
264 1 |a Tuscaloosa :  |b University of Alabama Press,  |c [2009] 
264 4 |c ©2009 
300 |a 1 online resource (xviii, 306 pages :) :  |b illustrations, maps 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
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490 1 |a Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-279) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Believers of Cemíism : who were the Taínos and where did they come from? -- Webs of interaction : human beings, other beings, and many things -- Personhood and the animistic Amerindian perspective -- Contrasting animistic and naturalistic worldviews -- The Cemí reveals its personhood and its body form -- Cemí idols and Taínoan idolatry -- Cemís and personal identities -- The power and potency of the Cemís -- The display of Cemís : personal vs. communal ownership, private vs. public function -- Face-to-face interactions : Cemís, idols, and the native political elite -- Hanging on to and losing the power of the Cemí idols -- The inheritance and reciprocal exchange of Cemí icons -- Cemís : alienable or inalienable; to give and to keep -- Stone collars, elbow stones, and caciques -- Ancestor Cemís and the Cemíification of the caciques -- The guaíza face masks : gifts of the living for the living -- The circulation of chief's names, women, and Cemís : between the greater and lesser Antilles -- Up in arms : Taíno freedom fighters in Higüey and Boriquen -- The virgin Mary icons and native Cemís : two cases of religious syncretism in Cuba -- Religious syncretism and transculturation : the crossroads toward new identities -- Final remarks. 
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650 0 |a Syncretism (Religion)  |z Hispaniola. 
650 0 |a Christianity and other religions  |z Hispaniola. 
650 0 |a Christianity and culture  |z Hispaniola. 
650 0 |a Icons  |z Hispaniola  |x History. 
650 0 |a Stone implements  |z Hispaniola  |x History. 
650 0 |a Indians of the West Indies  |x First contact with Europeans  |z Hispaniola. 
650 0 |a Taino Indians  |x Colonization. 
650 0 |a Taino Indians  |x Implements. 
650 0 |a Taino Indians  |x Religion. 
651 0 |a Hispaniola  |x Antiquities. 
651 0 |a Hispaniola  |x Colonization. 
651 0 |a Spain  |x Colonies  |z America. 
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